ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES.
- Abbott (or Gr.), Abbott's Shakespearian Grammar (third edition).
- A. S., Anglo-Saxon.
- A. V., Authorized Version of the Bible (1611).
- B. and F., Beaumont and Fletcher.
- B. J., Ben Jonson.
- Camb. ed., "Cambridge edition" of Shakespeare, edited by Clark and Wright.
- Cf. (confer), compare.
- Coll., Collier (second edition).
- D., Dyce (second edition).
- Dowden, Prof. E. Dowden's eds. of the Sonnets (see p. 11, foot-note, above).
- Gildon, Chas. Gildon's ed. of Shakespeare's Poems (London, 1710).
- H., Hudson ("Harvard" edition).
- Halliwell, J. O. Halliwell (folio ed. of Shakespeare).
- Id. (idem), the same.
- K., Knight (second edition).
- Lintott, the 1709 ed. of the Poems (see p. 10 above).
- Massey, Gerald Massey's Shakespeare's Sonnets, etc. (London, 1866). Cf. p. 21 above.
- Nares, Glossary, edited by Halliwell and Wright (London, 1859).
- Palgrave, F. T. Palgrave's ed. of Shakespeare's Songs and Sonnets (London, 1879).
- Prol., Prologue.
- S., Shakespeare.
- Schmidt, A. Schmidt's Shakespeare-Lexicon (Berlin, 1874).
- Sewell, Geo. Sewell's ed. of the Poems (7th vol. of Pope's ed. of 1725).
- Sr., Singer.
- St., Staunton.
- Theo., Theobald.
- W., R. Grant White.
- Walker, Wm. Sidney Walker's Critical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare (London, 1860).
- Warb., Warburton.
- Wb., Webster's Dictionary (revised quarto edition of 1879).
- Worc, Worcester's Dictionary (quarto edition).
The abbreviations of the names of Shakespeare's Plays will be readily understood; as T. N. for Twelfth Night, Cor. for Coriolanus, 3 Hen. VI. for The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth, etc. P. P. refers to The Passionate Pilgrim; V. and A. to Venus and Adonis; L. C. to Lover's Complaint; and Sonn. to the Sonnets.
When the abbreviation of the name of a play is followed by a reference to page, Rolfe's edition of the play is meant. The numbers of the lines in the references are those of the "Globe" ed.
